Malachi 1:1-2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Lord’s Love for Israel

1 An oracle:^(A) The word of the Lord^(B) to Israel through^(C) Malachi.^[a]

² “I have loved you,”^(D) says the Lord.

But you ask: “How have You loved us?”

“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?”^(E) This is the Lord’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob,